title: Modulating "jousting" C-F---H-C interactions with a bit of hydrogen bonding.
abstract: We have synthesized a series of molecules wherein very close C-F---H-C σ-bond interactions, which we have termed "jousting", can be perturbed through both red- and blue-shifted hydrogen bonding effects. These interactions were induced by the placement of various functional groups geminal to the H-C bond. "Jousting" interactions appear to be an admixture of F---H hydrogen bonding and C-H bond compression. The associated electronic effects from changes in the functional group at the X-position were also studied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, New Chemistry Building, Johns Hopkins University , 3400 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Struble
authors.forename: Jessica
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Strull
authors.forename: Kishan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Maxime A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Siegler
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Lectka
mesh_terms: D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D005461:Fluorine / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D011789:Quantum Theory
chemical_list: D005461:Fluorine; D002244:Carbon